Maybe I am being unreasonable but what the hell is wrong with these people!? Is it just me? Or is everyone getting just a little closer to the “breaking point” every time they hear, or see the words n00b or newbie? Its really starting to get under my skin. I see all these new people coming here and asking complex questions, hell they even ask simple questions, but at the end they always say, “remember, I’m a n00b” or “I’m sorry I’m such a newbie” as if to justify their ignorance.
I’m not saying that their ignorance is unjustifiable, but its already justified without having to state it. We don’t care if you are incompetent with Flash or Photoshop. We would try to help you even if you wrote the damn program! There are two types of n00bs in my eyes. There are the kind that accepts their n00bness and works within their bounds. Their typical questions are
How can I make this movieclip move across the screen? I just got Flash yesterday and I didn’t bother to look at the help files because I am too busy and important to help myself, so I figured I would just ask you people because you are now at my whim because I am about to become the FLASH MASTER!!! AHAHAHAHAHH!! Oh, and I’m a n00b so go easy on me and explain it like you would to a two year old baby… Thanks a bunch!
Then there are these kinds of people
Yeah, hi… so I haven’t even opened the box yet, but I was wondering you could tell me how to make my Flash movie launch those nukes that the Koreans are hiding. I’m a newbie so go easy on me
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE!? Must you really tell us everything about you? cant you just ask the quesiton? and then if you don’t understand the answer ask about that? Must you poison my eyes with these words every time you post anything?! If you are really that much of a newbie to the world of Flash then do this:
Open Flash > Help > Lessons
Then once you complete that go to Help > Tutorials
Then you will a basic knowledge of Flash but then you won’t have to say “I’m a newbie” but then you will start saying, “I’m an actionscript newbie” Then the cycle starts again…
Let me close by saying this, I AM NOT A n00b!! I am no expert, nor am I really any good with scripting, but if I wanted to do something with actionscript or Flash that I can’t figure out, I generally try to figure it out on my own using my existing knowledge rather than run to the forums with every problem that may arise in my files.
Please help stop the spread of these evil, corupting, poisonous words… keep them out of the English language… Keep me from the ‘deep end’ cuz I feel myself slipping… further… further…